From Colonies to Country
Book 3 (1735-1791)

An excellent overview of US history at the time & she does a great job discussing what made our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, & Bill of Rights so unique at the time. She also discusses the compromises & personalities. Why did we keep slavery when so many of the Founders opposes it? Comp......more

We used this book for home school history. It does a thorough job of covering the American Revolution, and I like the detailed insight into our own country's history. But, I have to say, I think I am simply tolerating it. I don't look forward to reading it like to do the H.E. Marshall or G. Foster b......more

a good resource for children to learn about american colonies during the revelutionary wars and the building of the countries ideals and country......more

Overall for a book on the elements of the American Revolution for children, I was pretty satisfied with this book. It covered all the important elements of the revolution, even if most of them were pretty briefly covered. It isn't a large book, so understandably, some things had to be left out. Howe......more

This history book is amazing. It starts off with a small introduction of England. America was founded offshore. From there it goes into all of the other countries that played a role and the power struggle that pre-America went through. As much as we love America today, it was not that easy gaining o......more